record deals and my time with Ramsey

When I was the Regional Sales Manager for GRP Records here in Chicago, the other responsibility I had taken on was Promotions. I transported countless artists including; Patti Austin, Michael Brecker, Carl Anderson and Arturo Sandoval in my Saab. Prior to Ramsey being the morning host on WNUA, he and Mark Ruffin had created this hour long syndicated show Legends of Jazz. When logistics permitted Read more…

What I’ve been doing in my spare time (obviously not blogging)

Last summer I was approached by a very reputable book publisher inquiring about the possibility of my writing a curriculum book for aspiring artists, musicians, bands and brands. We negotiated a deal, and since then, the greater propensity of my spare time has been writing and contributing to this book. Six months later I can tell you that I am encouraged, believe this book will Read more…

In Person Learning is Back

(with proof of vaccine, a negative test and all with face-coverings) It’s kinda weird, along with my fellow colleagues at Columbia College Chicago, I’m instructing courses with a face covering on and all of my students are unanimously complying with this science, smart edick as well. It’s just the face coverings present obstacles such as facial recognition, facial expressions, smiles, smirks and emotions. Interestingly enough, Read more…

The Fall Semester is Upon Us

A new, untested challenge is upon us as we will be returning to campus with back to class, in-person learning this fall semester. I last left campus on March 6th of 2020, and next Tuesday we will once again convene on campus. Migrating from in person instruction to synchronous instruction on Zoom with two weeks notice in the spring semester of 2020 was certainly an Read more…

The pros & cons of a website redesign

We started from scratch – took the site offline and placed it “Under Construction” for a few weeks. We lost the previous blog posts, so will be starting this from scratch. Curios to learn how being offline will affect our SEO and search engine rankings. Time will tell. The website was in need of a redesign, but this was particularly evident when my former Virgin Read more…

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